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Civil Defense Siren , located on Akard Avenue (between Atlantic and Pennsylvania Aves.), on the East side of Broadmoor Junior High property. (4/2005)<br />
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Tested every Saturday at noon. Loud. Though I never was next to it when it went off, it could be heard all over Broadmoor, South Highlands and probably beyond.<br />
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Appears to be a Thunderbolt 1000 series.<br />
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Pictures and sounds here<br />
http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/sirens.html<br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_defense_siren<br />

Good post J.nc ! The horn would blow for about 10 minuets with out stop. I could not imagine what it would be like to live right next to it. I remember the wooden pole with the pegs that started so high off the ground we could not climb it at all.

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This thing used to rotate. I lived two blocks north of Broadmoor School and it would get really loud and then start to fade. All of a sudden kids would start coming outside and start playing after this. It signalled the end of cartoons on Saturday.